MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION on every 4th or 5th CD I try to play

Question

Like the subject says, I get a blue screen that gives me a MACHINECHECKEXCEPTION (and shuts down the computer) about every 4th or 5th CD I try to play w/ itunes. According to the Microsoft site this is some kind of hardware issue and lists some possible reasons...
• System bus errors
• Memory errors that may include parity or Error Correction Code (ECC) problems
• Cache errors in the processor or hardware
• Translation Lookaside Buffers (TLB) errors in the processor
• Other CPU-vendor specific detected hardware problems
• Vendor-specific detected hardware problems
Lots of help, that, heh. I did a memory check (I'm using 1G of 333mhz DDR which passed Memtest86) and upgraded my sound card drivers (Creative Labs Audigy 2). My power supply is 400w and very new so I doubt it's a power issue and the heat on my system is fine. When I try to play the CDs in question on other players on my system (Windows Media Player, Realplayer, Winamp) I have no problems at all so it's definitely itunes specific.
I did a quick search of the forums and couldn't find any references to the same error so I was curious if this is something anyone else has seen. Any other suggestions?
Just for the record I'm running an Athlon 64 3000+ and Windows XP Pro w/ Service Pack 2.
Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

This "original file cannot be found" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then cancel when asked to try to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions.
Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes .
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